Dough-cutter.



IDA L. HAINES, OF PARRY, NEW JERSEY.

DOUGHCUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent:

Application filed June 1, 1912.

Patented Feb. 24,1914. Serial No. 701,082

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TDA L. HAINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parry, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dough- Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the aecom panying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in cake cutting devices and has for its primary object. to provide a simple, efficient and easily operated device of this character whereby dough may be cut in a desired form to be baked into a cake, with or uitlr out the center il'iercof removed.

A further object of the. invention is to provide a. combination cake and doughi'u'lt euttcr cmisisiing of inner and outer cutting members and means for rcmovably securing the inner culling member to the outer member.

An ther object of the inventionis to provide improved means arranged Within the inner cutter to force the dough fromtheopening formed by said inner cutter.

W'ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combinat on and arrangement of part-s hcri'zinaftci fully described and rlnin'icd, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing. in which- Fign're l is a side elevation of a cake cutter embodied in the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3-is a vertical section, and. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line t--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5.desig rates the body or outer cutting member of the device which is of cylindrical form and consists of the annular wall 6 and the end wall 7 said latter wall being provided with a central opening 8 to receive the closed.

end of the inner cutting member 9. This inner cutting member has its annular wall arranged in spaced relation to the Wall of the outer member 5 and is provided on its closed end with eyes 10 to receive suitable hooks ll pivotally mounted upon the end wall '7 of the outer culling member 5. suitalde ball or handle 1*. is secured to said outer nu-uilier whereby the dcice may be r mcnien-lly handled.

The closed end of the inner cutting memer ii is pro. idd will: a central opening to member. One end of this pressure member is provided with the radial arms it which are movable Within the cylindrical cutter t) and are adapted to force the dough there from. The other end of the stem 13 which projects above the closed end of the outer cutting member 3 is provided with a head for eugagcmentby the finger of the operator. A horizontal bar 15 is fixed at its ends to the annular wall of the inner cutter I) at diametrically opposed points and is provided with a. central opening 16 through which the stem 13 is movably disposed. A. coil spring 17 is arranged u on the stem 13 between this cross bar and tie end wall 7 of the outer cutting member 5, the lower end of said spring being fixed to the guide 15 of the cutting member 9 and the upper end thereof secured to thestem 13.

In the use of the device the cutting edges of the members and 9 are disposed .upon the dough and said members forced downwardly to cut through the same. The hand is now closed around the bail 12 and the thumb engaged with a button or head of the ste1'n'13. This stem is now forced downwardly at the same time as the cutter raised so that the dough withinthe inner cutting member 9 is compressed while the annular strip of dough between the opposed surfaces of the inner and outer cutting members is lifted. By shakin orjarring the cutter this annular cut oil the dough may be readilyremoved. i this manner it will be seen that doughnuts and similar cake may be easily and quickly cut.

iVhen the device is used for the cutting of cakes which are not to be provided with the central opening the inner cutting member 9 may be readily removed by simply disengaging the hooks 11 on the outer cutting member from the eyes 10.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction and manner of use of my improved cake cutter will be clearly under stood.

The device is extremely simple durable in its construction and will ellicicntly perform the functions for which the same s devised.

The cutter members would be preferably constructed of sheet metal and it will be umlcrstood that While I have described the same as being cylindrical in form these members may he of any other form desired. The in ention is also susceptible of a great portion of mofiifisations in 45110 m proportion and wit mt departing from the essential feat-u. or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

cutter includii'xg a hnllov outer member of Q maria-2,1 form, said membey having one 01 therein with a central opening, val-ally projecting annular flange ext-ending into aha ho ly the, outer em] will th of at the Odge of said, 013 311- in an: inner molww cutting member l'novable wit l'espect {0 said outer memom 52in: inner member engaging closely with said flange and beng braced thereby at one its am is to pre- ..nt imam}. mm'cment of the inner men'xber with respect L0 the outer n'lember, said inner member also having its latter end closed and its ends clused and provided a short m- 1 men'xber from the having iis closed and normally disposed upon a plane flush with the closemd of the.

movable through the ciesed end wall of said inner member, a, .raiity 0i radially clisposed pressure arms an said 5mm engaging the wall of said inner n'xembe'r at their outer endga head formed upon the upper end of said sham, and 60 ng nae-am; 0n the end walls of said and ouier members to rem ovab ly said inner membsz" in positidn and J: the $511) against,- movement with relation to outer member.

In LeFimony whereof I hereunto aflix my spring held stem IDA L. HAINES.

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i i 1 i i outer member, a longitudinally disposed gnnmre in the presence of two Witnesses. 

